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Chapter 1 — Prologue

She just recently finished taking the most hurdled exam in their country; the Lawyer's Bar Examination. For a year, she focused on reviewing, oblivious of everything around her.
It's now time to celebrate with Jethross, his boyfriend for almost three years already. She has so many lapses in their relationship during the time that she was reviewing for this BAR Examination.
While sitting now at the driver's seat of her blue, old Toyota corolla, she heard the ringing of her mobile phone. It was her friend Sarah.
"Hey friend, what's up? I just finished the exam now. I wanted to jump! I am free at last hahaha. I will be going to Jethross to invite him for a celebration. You know, I need to make up things for him ." Happily, Yhera blurted out to her friend, who just kept her silence on the other phone.
“Yher, can we see each other first before you meet Jethross? It is quite urgent.” Sarah's voice faltered.
"Sarah, are you crying? Hey, hey, where are you, I will be there, alright? Hang-on." Immediately, she started her car's ignition upon knowing where Sarah was.
She directly went to Sarah's house, per her instruction. Sarah's maid told her that Sarah was sitting at their poolside.
When Sarah saw her, she suddenly ran and hugged her tightly.
Yhera was so surprised. "What's going on friend?"
"Yhera, please take this lightly. I need to tell you something." Sarah scrolled something in her mobile phone and then showed it to Yhera.
Yhera's eyes narrowed upon seeing some pictures. She could not fathom yet, what these pictures were all about. She looked at Sarah with confusion.
“Yhera, Jethross got married three days ago. I learned about it two days ago. I am sorry, I did not tell you right away because I want you to focus on your review and exam.” Sarah held Yhera's hands and looked at her with full of sadness in her eyes.
"No, no, that is not true Sarah. He just called days ago to tell me good luck on my exam and that he loves me." Yhera's tears were flowing like rivulets. How could it be? Jethross loves her so much and she loves him too in return.
Sarah hugged her best friend tightly hoping to ease the pain she was feeling at that very moment.
"Sarah, how can Jethross do this to me? He lied to me! He cheated me! Damn him! Damn him." And Yhera's cries can be heard all throughout the premises of Sarah's house. Slowly, she slumped on the ground together with Sarah who was crying too.
Yhera's heart was so painful. Her whole mind was numb and she felt her world crumbled down.
At that point, Yhera has sworn she will never trust any man again.

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Chapter 2 — Reminiscences

I
Yhera blinked her eyes and tears slowly rolled down. She could not contain herself from crying every time he hears that song of John Denver. It was an old song. A song offered to her by a man who deeply wounded her heart. The song of John Denver... For You...
Yhera could still remember how this song touched her soul that made her fall in love with Jethross...
The song goes on... for you, for the rest of my life, for you, for the best of my life... for you alone... only for you...
It was a promise that Jethross failed to keep.
Yhera wiped her tears and started the ignition of her new, top-of-the-line, black Montero.
Four years ago, of the same month and day, she was totally devastated when she found out that Jethross cheated on her. He got married to his long-time flame leaving her totally confused and torn. They were just so happy, totally in love with each other, but all of a sudden she heard the news of Jethross' wedding.
What went wrong? Yhera cannot fathom until now... Jethross never showed his face again after she found out the truth. Yhera from then on feared to love again. She became distant to many men who showed her interest. She focused on her dreams and never dared to let go of them. She became a full-fledged lawyer, an inspirational book author, and one of the most sought-after inspirational speakers.
Four years, Yhera sighed and started to drive her way out of the mall parking.
"Ouch!" Yhera almost bumped her head in her Montero's steering wheel. She automatically stopped her car and glanced at her car's side-view mirror. She saw a dashing red jaguar car. She opened her car and walked near the red jaguar car, with anger plastered on her face.
The door at the driver's side slowly opened and an almost six feet tall man came out, with a smirk on his face.
Yhera with hands on her hips, spoke with a sparkle of irritation in her tone, "Mister didn't you see my big Montero in front of your one hell of a kind, red jaguar?"
Amazed with such a question, the man's eyes have been fixed to Yhera's face. Like he was studying the raised eyebrow of Yhera, her heart shape face, nose bridge, and small supple red lips; all without any traces of make-up except for a thin face powder.
"What a sweet angel in her outbursts of anger," the man whispered, eyes now raking at Yhera's slender figure, covered with a white sleeveless lacy blouse and tight fitting maong jeans. His eyes traveled at Yhera's perfectly shaped arms, hips, and toes in a stiletto. Her fair, perfect skin with thin cat hairs, top it most.
"Finished doing your physical survey, Mister?" Yhera with irritation asked the man.
"Uhuh, yes! I am Seigfred by the way." He extended his right hand to Yhera with a confident smile.
Yhera looked at Seigfred's extended hand then slowly fixed her eyes on the man's dark brown, a bit chinky and mysterious eyes, a well-sculptured nose and lips, and a ruggedly, handsome face. Yhera's heart skipped beating.
"Well, Ma'am did I pass your physical survey?" The tone of Seigfred Yee seemed so amused.
Yhera's sweet face turned to cherry red, "Err, alright can we check our cars' damages now?" she stammered a little. She ignored the man's intent to have a handshake with her.
"Alright, as you said so, Ms. Gorgeous." Seigfred's voice was seemingly in a teasing mode.
Both their cars have little scratches, nothing much to worry about; yet, Seigfred offered his calling card and asked Yhera to call him in case she wanted to be reimbursed for the repair expenses.
Yhera look at the name stated in the business card; the name reflected therein was Seigfred Yee. Looking at the position stated, Yhera was no longer surprised when she learned that he is the CEO/President of SYS, Inc., a well-known construction and architectural firm not only in the Philippines but also in other Asian Countries. SYS, Inc. was the builder of almost all of high-rise condominiums and other types of buildings in the Philippines, China, Korea, Singapore, and Malaysia.
"Can I have your business card too, Madam?" Seigfred's voice was somewhat pleading. Did she heard it right? The arrogant man's voice was somewhat pleading!
Yhera looked at the man's smiling face but contained herself from smiling back when she handed him her business card.
Seigfred's little chinky eyes widened after reading her business card. "So you are a lawyer? Wow! Nice meeting you Atty. Yhera Kareel Munzana." Again Seigfred offered her a handshake.
Out of professionalism, Yhera accepted the same. As their hands clasped, Yhera was astonished; she felt a voltage that no man, made her felt before, not even Jethross. Her heart thumped like a wind in its hurricane mode trying to trample down whatever reservations she tightly kept therein for long.
Seigfred eyes were locked at Yhera's astonished eyes. The man was blatantly showing his admiration to the lady lawyer in front of him.
Yhera abruptly disengaged her hand with Seigfred and hurriedly climbed inside her Montero. She drove furiously, leaving a shocked Seigfred.
Seigfred's narrowed eyes turned into a mystical smile. "Whoahh! What a woman! Fierce!" he murmured.
While driving, Atty. Yhera was too furious. “No man will ever let her feel dumb again, no one! Ever!” she hissed.
II
When Seigfred arrived in his office, he automatically opened his computer and searched for the name Atty. Yhera Khareel Munzana. He was stunned to see how really fierce the woman was. She placed 8th when she took the examination for lawyers, won a number of sensationalized cases, and was known to be a motivational writer and speaker aside from being an author of some legal books.
The young CEO made a deep breath and put his legs over his elegant wooden desk while sitting on his Vitra Grand High back Executive chair. He reached for his landline phone and called his Executive Assistant.
"Rolly, I will be giving you a name. I want you to know everything about this person. Her name is Atty. Yhera Kareel Munzana. I want the details by tomorrow morning." He then hanged up the phone, without even waiting for his Executive Assistant to reply.
After some thought, he got his mobile phone and dialed the number of Atty. Yhera as written on her business card.
"Hello? Who is this please?" Seigfred could hear Atty. Yhera's voice on the other line, which was too pleasing to listen to.
Seigfred made a deep breath, smiled, and said. “The man with one hell of a car, red jaguar.”
Atty. Yhera was surprised and suddenly fall into that realm of deep silence.

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Chapter 3 — Her Dream

I
Yhera vividly saw it, she was standing at the middle of a bridge, in a place too unfamiliar with her; down the bridge were gushing wild water while everywhere she focused her eyes, she could see mountainous views. It seemed like she was lost, alone and the sky was beginning to get dark; then from nowhere, a red jaguar car was in its full speed, coming nearer and nearer until it almost hit her! Yhera shouted so loud, she was so afraid for her life. She automatically covered her eyes and sobbed endlessly, until strong arms hugged her tightly. Yhera tried to wrestle and to free herself but she can't move, the arms around her were too strong, "Ahhhhhh!"
"Yher, Yher wake up," her Mom's worried face was the first thing she saw. She was awakened from such a nightmare.
"Are you okay Yher? Would you want me to stay beside you?" Worries in her Mother's face were evident.
Yhera embraced her Mom and whispered, "I'm fine Mom but I would be more at peace if you will stay beside me'til morning."
Her Mom caressed her head gently then smiled and nodded. After a while, her youngest and only sister Yhesa came and found her place beside her until all of them fall asleep again.
Such a dream never left Yhera's mind until the time that she sat on her office's executive chair. She has that feeling that such a dream was telling her something, which she would not want to entertain yet in her mind. Her thoughts were suddenly disrupted by a knock on her office door.
"Yes, come in."
Her secretary's head popped- up, "Ma'am, a man by the name of Seigfred Yee called a while ago, with a note that he wanted to meet you by lunchtime at Shangrila Makati. Will I confirm?"
Yhera's heart jumped upon hearing such a name, "No! Tell him I can't, I have a hearing at 10:00 am today at Quezon City remember?"
"Ahh yes, but it will only be until 11:00 am Ma'am," the smile of her secretary was contagious.
Yhera smiled back and shrugged her shoulders, "Just tell him maybe next time but not now, okay Mila?"
Mila nodded, "Alright, got it, Attorney".
While wondering whether to directly go back to the office or have a break and go to a fine dining restaurant for lunch, Yhera's phone suddenly beeped. She sat first in her car's driver seat before checking her message. It was Seigfred Yee.
"I'm just near; I know you don't have your lunch yet", Seigfred's message tumbled Yhera's heart. She rolled down her car's window trying to search for Seigfred's presence.
He was walking in a manly stride coming near her car. Yhera had no choice but to get out of her car. She was in Quezon City Hall's open parking, near the Regional Trial Court, where she attended a hearing.
Siegred's smile was heartwarming. He seemed so vibrant and confident about himself.
II
Yhera found herself in an Italian fine dining restaurant in BGC or everybody called "The Fort" with Seigfred, who was sitting confidently in front of her. The airy ambiance, accentuated with such aristocratic interiors inside made the restaurant too classy to dine with. Atty . Yhera secretly admires the taste of Seigfred Yee; he intentionally guessed her tastes too.
"Thinking of something special in the past?" the gentlemanly voice of Mr. CEO broke the silence that was enveloping Atty. Yhera at that time.
Yhera hesitantly smiled, "Nope, just wondering how on earth you persuaded me to have lunch with you today."
"Well that's one of my talents, I call it a Gentleman's charm," Seigfred replied with a twist of an amused smile on his lips.
Undoubtedly, Yhera was starting to feel light having Seigfred around. Yet, her heart was still guarded, locked that only the bravest could soften and open.
Going back to his office, Seigfred was somewhat in deep solitary thinking. He was wondering what made Atty. Yhera's heart grew like a hard wall; difficult to penetrate and hard to fathom. Her eyes were so magnetic that caught his breath at the onset it met his, yet something in such eyes was mystical. It seemed like Yhera's eyes have that loneliness, pain that no one could comprehend. Sometimes, such a pair of eyes would twinkle a bit, would smile but would immediately turn to bluntness; unreadable. Sometimes, those eyes would sparkle with rage; hurt, that was not open to forgive.
Seigfred became insistent to know what's behind those mystical eyes of Atty. Yhera. He was determined to discover it. He doesn't know but something was telling him; he needed to know. He is a man who never retreats so easily. He will always be around for Atty. Yhera even if she gets pissed-off. He smiled from ears to ears.
Yhera was confused. She was aware of the attraction she has for Seigfred and she can detect fully well the interest he has for her. Seigfred seemed to be a very vocal man. He pursued what he wanted without hesitation. No wonder he became a very successful businessman at his young age. Yet Yhera was hesitant. She would not let her feelings overwhelmed her head again. Not this time. She was hurt twice so badly, she will not expose herself to such similar pain again. A lot said, she has everything a man would chase for, yet Yhera never even bothered neither felt excited about that chasing thing. Men are the same; they will chase you, let you believe that they were into you that deep; they will even treat you like a queen to the extent of almost worshiping you, but what's next? They will cheat on you and will leave you like you have no commitment with each other; like you have not loved each other at all.
Ahhhh, she would not dare put herself again in that same scenario. The pain was so excruciating; it was like a blade, slowly blade slitting every core of her heart; it put her to a state of total dissolution; she was not herself; she felt like the weakest, the most stupid woman on earth.
Her world is serene now, so why would she dare again to make it complicated by loving and committing into a relationship that would never last anyway?" Atty. Yhera shook her head and murmured, "No. Not again."
Atty. Yhera's phone suddenly beeped. She opened it and checked who sent her a message. Her eyes narrowed. “How can this man be so persistent?” she whispered.
For Atty. Yhera, it was not actually a good sign. Jethross was like that before. Almost every hour, sometimes every minute, he would either sent her a message or called her.
“Gosh, the signs are glaring at me. So, No Mr. Seigfred Yee.” She turned off her phone and slammed it inside her bag.
Seigfred dialed again Atty. Yhera’s phone number but to his dismay, her number was already unreachable.
“Wow, she did not want to answer me and seemed like she turned off her phone.” He shook his head in disbelief. No one dared do that to him.
Seigfred’s eyes narrowed.

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